Another word for cheapen
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Verb
To become or make less in price or value
- To lower the price of:
- (Photog.) To weaken or lower the density of (a negative or print) by removing metallic silver
- To lower in rank or grade; demote.
- To write a memorandum about.
- To subtract marks (points) for an error.
- To reduce the price of.
- To let, bring, or move down to a lower level.
- To become lower; sink, fall, become reduced, etc.
- To weaken; undermine:
- To lower the status, rank, or salary of:
- To demote to a less skilled job at lower pay
- To lower in importance, value, esteem, etc.
- To lessen or, sometimes, annul the value, importance, etc. of
- To lower or remove the value of something.
- To lower the exchange value of (a currency) by lowering its gold equivalency.
- To reduce in value.
- To lower in value, price, or amount
- To lower prices in (a financial market).
- (Music) To lower the pitch of
- To lessen the price or value of:
- To write off an expenditure for (a tangible asset) by prorating over a certain period, usually the estimated useful life of the asset.
- To reduce in value or price
To lower in character or quality
- To lower the status, rank, or salary of:
- To minimize the importance, value, or reputation of:
- To demote to a less skilled job at lower pay
- To lower in status or character; degrade; humble
- To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner:
- To lower in status or character; degrade or humble:
- To bring into dishonor or contempt
- To lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace:
- To cause (an organic compound) to undergo degradation.
See also:
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Another word for cheapen
Verb
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- To write off an expenditure for (a tangible asset) by prorating over a certain period, usually the estimated useful life of the asset.
- To lessen the price or value of:
- To reduce in value or price
- To lower in status or character; degrade; humble
- To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner:
- To lower in status or character; degrade or humble:
- (Archit.) To cause to taper
- (Intransitive) To become smaller.
- (Music) To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.
- To bring into a certain order; systematize
- To become reduced
- To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness:
- To value below the real worth
- To underestimate, or assign too low a value to.
- To have too little regard or esteem for.
- To subject (a monetary unit or a currency) to devaluation
- To lose value; to depreciate.
- To lower or remove the value of something.
- (Geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
- (Intransitive) To reduce in quality or purity.
- To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.
- To injure or damage so as to make imperfect, less attractive, etc.; spoil; impair; disfigure
- To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
- To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.
- To overindulge so as to cause to demand or expect too much
- To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.
- To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food.
- To destroy, spoil, or damage irreparably
- To reduce to poverty or bankruptcy:
- To bring or reduce to ruin
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